International Rankings of Benin 2022, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Benin, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Benin, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	57	0.3	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	146	29981	2020
Internet users - percent of population	70	26 %	2020
Internet users - total	108	3.152 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	N/A	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	155	32386	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	82	92	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	83	11.141 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	145	2.152 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	148	1.578 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	81	6.2 % of GDP	0
Exports	38	3.580 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	143	10.315 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	101	31.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	93	13.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	60	70.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	81	43 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	34	27.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	24	26.1 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	98	22.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	130	51.1 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	65	29 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2003
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	20	3.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	57	3 %	2017
Labor force	97	3.662 million US Dollars	2007
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	140	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - industry	127	N/A %	2022
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	2022
Population below poverty line	38	38.5	2019
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	115	40.290 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	133	3300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	127	17.1 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	134	4.5	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	132	3.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	128	3.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	99	274000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	117	37000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	107	6.592 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	97	78000 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	86	78000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	162	524.080 million kWh	2020
Electricity - exports	93	2.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	76	646.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	146	475000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	131	346.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	13	96.9 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	126	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	38	3.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	153	8.468 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	115	19.057 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	82	19.057 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	87	1.133 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	80	8.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	107	46300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	105	1514 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	92	38040 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	115	6.48 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	114	5.8 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	44	33.11 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	110	31.3	2018
Land use - arable land	39	22.9	2018
Land use - forest	63	40	2018
Land use - other	78	28.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	49	3.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	123	4.9	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	28	2.24 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	107	26.390 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	134	59.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	126	30.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	119	145.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	21	3.74	2025
Urbanization - urban population	112	50.1	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	89	685936 tons	1993
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	71	171484 tons	2005
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	28	25 %	2005
Geography
Area - land	98	110622 sq km	0
Area - total	99	112622 sq km	0
Area - water	36	2.000 million sq km	0
Coastline	131	121 km	0
Elevation - highest point	14	6752.5 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	111	273 meters	0
Irrigated land	124	172 sq km	2017
Land boundaries - total	81	2123 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	110	31.3	2018
Land use - arable land	39	22.9	2018
Land use - forest	63	40	2018
Land use - other	78	28.7	2018
Land use - permanent crops	49	3.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	123	4.9	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	15	20.36	8880
Age structure - 25-54 years	187	28.54	5839
Age structure - 55-64 years	191	3.15	1427
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	108	0.81 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	45	0.22 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	115	0.2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	129	1.25 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	91	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	3	41.15 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	24	16.8 %	1718
Contraceptive prevalence rate	117	15.5 %	1718
Current health expenditure	85	2.4 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	71	8.01 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	128	5.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	27	17.7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	17	84 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	18	78.3 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	59	79 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	31	29.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	17	25.3 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	3	21 % of population	0
Education expenditures	54	3 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	65	0.5 beds/1,000 population	0
Infant mortality rate - female	13	50.48 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	15	60.79 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	14	55.76 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	177	64.14 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	177	60.39 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	177	62.21 years	0
Literacy - female	110	31.1 %	2018
Literacy - male	95	54 %	0
Literacy - total population	104	42.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	22	397 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	151	17.6 years	2020
Median age - male	145	16.4 years	0
Median age - total	139	17 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	70	20.5	1718
Net migration rate	69	0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	102	9.6 %	2016
Physicians density	149	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	72	13.755 million	2022
Population growth rate	6	3.34 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	87	56.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	7	81.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	9	63.4 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	6	43.7 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	13	10 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	8	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	31	0.9	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	30	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	25	0.72 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.97 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	91	1.9 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	130	11.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	115	6.9 %	2020
Total fertility rate	6	5.43 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	21	3.74	2025
Urbanization - urban population	112	50.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	134	4.5	2018
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	132	3.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	128	3.9	0
Transportation
Airports	114	6	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	29	1	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	56	2	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	89	5	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	67	N/A	2022
Heliports	23	N/A	2022
Merchant marine - total	128	6	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	110	805347	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	136	112392	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	99	1	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2015
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	112	438 km	2014
Roadways - paved	115	1400 km	2006
Roadways - total	95	16000 km	2006
Waterways	97	150 km	2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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